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Actraiser on the SNES, enough said. I mean, you play God and you can kill your own people for the sake of raising the population. It is honestly worth the money. The platformer scenes are great, the music kicks ass, the sim part of the game is deep and engaging, it is just a damn good game that everyone needs to play. Besides, it is the only SE title on the VC for Europe/U.S.

NOE is well-known by both Americans and the Japanese alike for fucking up the most among all three significant Nintendo branches maybe? It is just a feeling, although I been hearing June is a likely month for release. But somehow, I have lurking doubts.

I dunno, Sony has one helluva a lineup this year. Enough so to where I will be buying my own PS3. I been playing my roommate's PS3 but he'll be gone after this semester so I need to get my own. :P

Mario Kart 64 Mario Kart: Super Circuit Super Mario Kart Mario Kart: Double Dash Mario Kart DS I love them all, but I have to place them in some kind of order. :P

I recommend importing guys, because it looks like it is not going to be released until September at the earliest. I look forward to picking up my copy Monday (Can't do it tomorrow, sniffle) so if there is anything you want to know, for whatever reasons, I'll be happy to give details. I know it is not enough but it is the least I can do.

Guys Nintendo has the second largest pool of studios in the world. The only ones who beat them out is Sony. Even though Nintendo hasn't announced anything that does not mean they don't have projects up the ass in creation. They operate much like Sony, they have projects lined up for years in advance and teams working on them to ensure they meet deadline (or close enough anyway). In that sense, the two are similiar. Even the DS is something they are very much concetrating on and I am willing to put down money on it. Wait till E3 and beyond, I'm sure we'll see many announcements from multiple franchises. I am even willing to wager one of them is a new IP.

I only work with the sources and knowledge I have on hand, give me a damn break now. When I see it, I'll take a good look at it and get back to you. I honestly look forward to it because I am a political science major. Anything I can read into to further my knowledge on any subject is worthwhile. As for this war, I'm not pissed about it. I'll argue about it, forever for that matter as well. I am well aware of the mainipulation of intelligence (I should be anyway, the military is infamous for this. Contractors are worse). But as for the war itself, it is a product of what the few want, not what the majority want. I am not in a position of power so therefore the only thing I can do is bitch (which I do plenty of) and withdraw. I have to admit, it feels good to talk to someone that knows what they are talking about. Most Americans, at least to whom I've talked to, are convinced that we went into Iraq because of 9/11 because, and I quote, "The Iraqi government and al-Quaeda co-op'd aganist us Americans and attacked us".

Which article? Because the first one details more on the oil trade between Britian/U.S. with Iraq than anything else and does not mention what you detail. The second article contradicts what you stated above: Corporate Watch believes that the real figure could be as much as five times higher, as many companies have undisclosed business dealings in Iraq and the value of several large contracts is unknown. The investigation was further muddied by the UK government’s refusal to release the names of companies it has directly helped to win contracts in Iraq. The biggest British outfit, Aegis—run by Tim Spicer, the former British army lieutenant colonel who founded the PMC Sandline—has a workforce the size of a military division and may rank as the largest corporate military group ever assembled, according to the report. It has made more than £246 million from a three-year contract with the US Pentagon to coordinate military and security companies across Iraq. Other private security/military companies have sprung up almost overnight to protect British and American interests. Among the highest grossing UK corporations Iraq is the construction firm Amec, which has made an estimated £500 million from a series of contracts restoring electrical systems and maintaining power generation facilities since 2004. Another PMC, Erinys, has amassed more than £86 million, a substantial portion from the protection of oilfields. Britain is also playing a critical role in advising on the creation of state institutions and the “business of government.†PA Consulting, which has also received a contract for advising on the UK government’s identity cards scheme, worth around £19 million, is now a key adviser in Iraq. Of course, the original argument is, as quoted by you, "The invasion had no economic benefit for Britain, so that does not explain British foreign policy decisions". The invasion DID have an economic benefit, as illustrated above and before this post. Both countries anticipated making money off of it. In a techincal sense, they may just get away with it as well. At least Britain anyway, I don't know their tax system though. Americans...not so much. Bush didn't tax in the past several years, if anything, he lowered taxes during war and hence the debt we have now. But I digress. Now, I will give you credit that it doesn't now due to stupid government spending, overcosts and shadow money, and under anticipation of how much the wars would actually spend at the end of the day. That much you are correct. But this realization hasn't been addressed untill this year, not almost half a decade ago. Here's the source to illustrate that: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article3419840.ece

I have to admit, I don't really have an opinion on it. It is what it is. The only thing I have to say is if people are going to do it, be responsible about it. If you don't want a kid, use protection, and if you end up with a kid, you best be ready to accept responsibility for it and talk it out with your partner. And by talk, I don't mean the man being a puss and "forcing" the women to have an abortion so he can have his so called "freedom". Nothing pisses me more off than a person who does not have the guts to take up responsibility.

They are seperate. You have Royal Dutch Shell, which would be Shell, and their closest competiton would be ExxonMobil. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Shell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil That is as far as I am concerned though, the oil corporations are one helluva a mess to be honest as far as keeping track.

I would argue otherwise, BP and Shell are British oil companies are they not? They are in the same contract as Exxon and Chevron in the U.S., in that they can benefit from the oil extracted from Iraq for thirty years. Assuming that that specfic deal is still the case considering political battlegrounds today. Nonetheless, all four companies are still there today. That is a pretty hefty ecnomic benefit for two major British corporations to have a large share of the oil fields, there is no denying that. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/blood-and-oil-how-the-west-will-profit-from-iraqs-most-precious-commodity-431119.html Now to be fair, I don't know the intentions of Blair and I won't act as an expert on it because I frankly don't know. But he alone does not dictate the policies though, that much I am willing to wager. To further prove my point, there are over 61 British companies in Iraq making money today from war contracts and other dealings. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/apr2006/prof-a01.shtml

That's the mistake people make, you don't make your money in oil in this kind of war. You make it through multiple industries participating in war production. People assume American/British politicans/corporations started this war just for the sake of oil, that is not true. You make your money through all of the following means: 1) War time production of weapons, armor, and other forms of arsenal. This is the most common sense thing that should hit people from the get go. 2) War time production of agricultural supplies (RE: Food). This is where big money is made because you need food to supply soldiers. 3) Intelligence agencies like Delta, among others, which are used to outsource jobs from the federal government to lower costs from the internal confines. It also brings in the same results as far as tasks are concerned. 4) Outsourcing jobs that use to be done in the military by great means (laundry, cooking, other blue collar jobs) to other corporations. 5) See anything destroyed in Iraq? All of that can be repaired by the U.S. Army...or it can be outsourced to other corporations. Which has happened. That also brings in way more money than oil could alone. I can go on forever, I can list almost ten different things used so that corporations from both countries can make serious cash out of it. We make so little off of oil right now, the amount that is being exported out of Iraq is mega small. Reason why? We're still in war, we can't produce equipment (without it being blown up anyway) that can extract it. But even worse, lets say we can. Americans and the British profit from the fact that we can get oil and our companies are the ones extracting it, sure. But who gets the big cut of the cash for it? Iraqis. Not that it matter, they would turn around and sink it back into other corporations who just happen to come from both of our countries. So did they move into Iraq for oil alone? Hell no, lets say political battles alone would forbid them from ever getting it. Guess what? They still made tons and tons and tons of money through services, which more than makes up the loss. And even worse? If they don't get their oil today, who is to stop them from going back in ten or twenty years from now when the political background has changed significantly? Or if certain elements like al-Queda are wiped out? See where I am going with this? Even though I have pointed out towards the Americans and the British, they are not the only ones who are involved in this. I've yet to even touch into how media joints (A very certain Australia corporation being one of the biggest owners of them) make their money out of this. Or how about all that technology? They don't come from America alone (Hmmm...wonder if the Germens and the Japanese are behind that? Let me spoil it for you, they are). Just about every major American ally is behind this war for money. It may be political death to support it in the public but you have to look behind the scenes. Morals are used as a banner for war, a way to make people feel good about it. And sometimes, it may be about morals that are being fought for. But no matter what, wars are profitted from and will always be profitted from and to deny that is to call yourself ignorant of the fact. Hence why I call people stupid when they try to argue this war, it is not just America. Oh hell no, it goes way past that. Eye-opening isn't? Thing is, they'll do this again and there are going to be multiple countries, some whose hands will be moreso in the cookie jar than others, who will participate again. It might be somewhere else, sure, but it is inevitable.

Everyday I'm wandering somewhere, sure I have goals but there is no set road in getting that accomplished. I just make each day the very best and set out to accomplish something to ensure I am moving forward. There are only two things that matter at the end of the day for me: 1) Financial security. I can't do what I want if I am in debt to something or someone. When I decided to go to a university, the first thing that was on my mind was to ensure I can pay for every bit of it without loans. Now that I have that taken care of, the only thing I have to do is live within my means. 2) Spirtuality. I have to be content with my physical as well as my emotional self. If either of those are problematic, then obviously I can't move forward. You can't think clearly if you have other things in mind. As long as I have those two secured, where I go is of little concern. It is what I do that matters.

I rather have them build an exclusive RE for the Wii from the ground up then give us an incompetent, craptastic (you know it'll happen), version of RE5. Nonetheless, though, good news! Hopefully this will encourage publishers that the Wii does have a mature audience.

Well, there are good soldiers in every country. The reason we end up fighting each-other is the same reason why two friends would go at it: conflicting interest. Obviously, you are always going to fight for your own. It is sad, certainly, and war should always be avoided as much as possible but things do happen. Wars are happening now, tons of them. It is just a fact of life, sadly. Most soldiers go into the service for their own country because they care about their country and its people. Yes, there are always going to be a few idiots who think killing people "is cool" and they can't wait to join some kind of special force (which they will never make it, but again, I digress). I've seen and talked to soldiers from all sorts of countries, since I was a kid really. I think, for that reason alone, I am thankful because I am able to really view people not through the eyes of an American, or European, or Asian but rather just as a human being, That's me though. I know a lot of people are going to disagree with the above but that comes with life.

It's shit like this that gives people like me a bad reputation. The grand majority of American soldiers, regardless of branch, are good people. But people don't see that, they see one soldier making an ass out of himself and then people stereotype each and every one of us as baby killers or murderers. It is really a shame but the hell are you going to do? But to me, it doesn't matter if it is a puppy, a prisoner of war, or whoever, any form of disrespect towards another life on the battlefield is immoral and should be dealt with swiftly, regardless of what country you are fighting for. He'll get what is coming to him though, in the U.S. if a soldier recieves a dishonorable discharge, he or she is completely ruined. It would be difficult to get a job at Mickey D's, let alone, anywhere else.

Huh, that is good information honestly. Now I feel more comfortable about buying it. Thanks!

I'll be taking advantage of this, especially for Japanese only Wii titles. Including stuff like the inevitable Densetsu no Stafy Wii that will never be released anywhere else but Japan. :P As for Brawl, I live in America and had this reserved and paid off for months now. I'll be playing with anybody I can get my hands on to (that is as soon as I finish single player anyway :P)

They are keeping things under cover, they want to make a splash when appropriate. You don't reveal new products until your killer apps (Brawl, Wii Fit, and MK in specfic) are out on the market actively. Otherwise, you kill off your potential sales and that is no good for business. I am more than confident that by E3, we'll see tons of games being announced and would hit as soon as Fall.

I believe it is a sales strategy. You only have so much of X supply of hardware for each region and it seems Nintendo, at its max, can produce somewhere between 2M - 3M units. Fairly close to 2M is going to launch with Wii Fit and Brawl to ensure max sales. So that part makes sense. Disk production also makes sense, it takes serious amount of time to produce Brawl disks along with other games from their own stocks and other publishers as well. It is all about supply and demand. It sucks Europe got fucked on this one, but on the plus side, Nintendo at least tried to compesate you guys with Mario Kart Wii. It could be worse, they could do jackshit like they have been doing for decades now.

Guys, casual does not mean stupid. They CAN read, there is no need to belittle their intelligence.

This IS Nintendo, they are well-known for coming out with great ideas and innovations only to fuck it up by half-baking the deal (see connectivity). I seriously, seriously, seriously hope Nintendo releases some kind of HDD support because this is starting to look very short-sighted on their behalf.

Nice picture of the permavirgin. :P

Sounds about right for me as well. The university owns the connection and are able to do with it as they please. Where I am, porn is also blocked and if you download music/movies illegally, your ass is kicked out for theft. The plus side of it is that you don't pay for the connection, it is free for all students to access. I don't see the big deal behind it though, it is private property and it is up to the owners to do as they please with it. If you are paying for it, you agreed to whatever terms of service they have and if that is part of the agreement and you signed your name on it, then you have to abide to it. Your friend paid and agreed to its TOS, if he didn't read the contract, then he has to deal with it. That's how business rolls.

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